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Sofia Araújo

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Sofia Araújo is a Portuguese former professional tennis player and currently a professional padel player, born on 30 November 1994. Since turning professional in padel at age 26 she has played alongside three former world number ones, first María José Sánchez Alayeto, then Alejandra Salazar, and then Marta Ortega. With nine tournament victories and 19 finals appearances across the secondary and main circuits she holds the number 8 spot in the FIP rankings used by Premier Padel. Her breakthrough season came in 2020, when she won four tournaments on the Cupra FIP Tour and was named Breakout Player of the season by the World Padel Tour. At 29 she left Lisbon and her physiotherapy career to move to Madrid and pursue padel professionally.

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Birth Year
1994 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
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Padel, Sports
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is a Portuguese former professional tennis player
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1. Sofia Araújo (Wikipedia)
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    born 30 November 1994
  • Breakthrough season
    Her breakthrough season in women's padel came in 2020
  • Lead, medals or titles band
    With nine tournament victories and 19 finals appearances
  • Lead, nationality
    is a Portuguese former professional tennis player
  • Competed In: World Padel Tour, Breakthrough into the Padel elite
    On the World Padel Tour circuit, the pair reached two Open 1000 finals
  • Competed In: Premier Padel, Breakthrough into the Padel elite
    while in Premier Padel, they reached the final of the Milan P1
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